Re: RPM Install with auto dependencies

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

J. D. BEESON wrote:


> I have a new Dell workstation with WS4, how can I install a package and
> have
> the dependencies automatically installed?  I've seen yum and apt, but I
> cannot get either installed due to a long list of dependencies themselves.

apt/yum is definitely the way to go, but you could also try up2date.


> For instance, I am trying to run Xilinx GUI tools, but they fail.  Xilinx
> says I need the WS3 XFree86-libs.  These are not normally part of WS4, I
> can download and try to install but there is a big list of dependencies.

Ack, you definitely don't want to do that.  el4's equivalent pkg is
xorg-x11-libs

-- Rex